The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-07-13
IN THE SUNDAY.SCHOOLS.


The Temperance Question as Considered
by the Recent International Sunday
School Convention.
At the recent session in Chicago of
the international Sunday-School con-
vention the following report was made
Oh Temperance:
"Your committee reioces in the growing and
deepening conviction in the church and in the
Sunday school that the united and persistent
effort OF all Christians must be made to oppose
the power of the liquor traffic IN this land,
leaving the question of the special effort or
practical methods OF working to be decided as
God shall give wisdom in each case. We hope
this convention will record its determination to
so teach and train the children and youth COM
mitted TO our care that the next generation
will more earnestly and unitcdly oppose, by oil
suitable efforts, the use, sale or manufacture OF
spurious and malt liquors as "a beverage"
Speaking of the proceedings and adj
dresses in the convention the Union
Signal says:
"The memorial of the National Off
GERS to the International Sunday
School convention was read with q
characteristic Introduction. by General
Fisk, and by rules of convention re-
ferred to the Executive Committee.
Immediately following was the grand
address of Rev. ID. c. Miner, Kansas,
on Sunday-School Temperance. The
Sunday-schools and the saloons are en-
gagged in struggle for the children,
the result depends largely upon what
we do to fortify the children against
incompetence. If not taught Temper
ance in SUnday-school, very many of
them will never be taught it any
where. Teach the Gospel, preach the
Gospel Yes, but do not let these ex-
.Rycssions become cant phrases to cover
stincncc,' fitness. Teach total alb
says about drinking; teach tiiihesm b fs
1ects upon body, mind and soul, and
do not be afraid to teach them the
political phase of the question. Teach
prohibition as duty the State owes its
citizens rs well as total abstinence the
duty which each individual owes TO
himself and to the State. Teach our
boys to hate the traffic that murders
Haddock in Iowa, Northrup in Ohio,
Gambreil in Mississippi.
"Makc good use of Temperance Dav
III Sunday-schoOl TO impress lessons on
heart and mind. Let every Sunday
school be organized for Temperance
work, not having Temperance So
clety within it, but being itself n Tenn
pcrance society. Offer the pledge at
least twice year, and let the signing
Of ii be n solemn matter.
g AT the conclusion of this admiro-
bic address, President Reynolds called
on DR.. Ostrandcr to lead in pr,ver
that its lessons may be impressed on
each heart. His opening sentence
was: % Lord! this kind goeth not out
but by prayer and fasting. Help us.
that when the children are brought TO
us possessed with this devil of intern |
perance, we may have power to cast it
out. President Reynolds then re-
marked that we could not pass this
lopic by without hearing from that
General OF the Temperance force,
linton Is. Fisk. General Fisk ex-
FUSED himself from speaking, saving
us wea-known sentiments were too
adical to be aired on this occasion:
III; cries of Go on! go ONT and round
I;cr'round of cheers overcame his re-
uctancc. He said that tho church
hould lead in this reform. 1t usually
oes, but there are some notable ex-
options. Weallknow n leading divine
no speaks of righteous drinking ,
a. cited pitiful instance of the fall I
! tyoung man through drink. who. in ,
Is dying moments, in half drunken {
lntor, reused by the question. How .
ID This come aboutP responded: oh.
Is only little Of righteous drink :
Is Tor us to stand In our places 10. q
~. God will take care Of results to- y
orrow' What tho Nation needs is
en- Of consecrated common sense ON n
liz subject Instead Of AMEN OF d,llar. n